Leadership & team
The people building the future of dining.
amealio is being built at the intersection of AI, technology, hospitality, restaurants, consumer experience, social dining and celebrations - by a team whose experience is unusually close to the problem.
Founder
Global technology experience. Hospitality roots. India market insight. AI-first ambition.
Shaker Dixit is the Founder & CEO of amealio, building an AI-powered dining and experience platform that brings together personalized dining, social experiences, celebrations and restaurant growth.
With 25+ years across global technology and business transformation, including experience with Accenture, Capgemini and Deloitte, Shaker has worked across complex organizations, industries and cultures. His journey spans 76 countries and nearly 25 years in the United States, giving him a perspective across both Indian and US markets.
Founder-market fit
Why Shaker. Why amealio.
amealio sits at the intersection of the experiences that shaped its founder: global technology transformation, hospitality, consumer behavior, India and the United States.
Global technology, consulting and transformation experience.
Nearly 25 years in the United States combined with deep India market and cultural understanding.
Cross-cultural experience and exposure to diverse consumers, businesses and ways of life.
Firsthand experience building, operating and understanding restaurants.
Applying AI and technology to personalization, restaurant intelligence and experience creation.
Technology × Hospitality × India × US × AI
Two markets
Built in India. Informed by the world. Designed to scale globally.
Where amealio is being built
- Diverse food culture
- Celebrations
- Social dining
- Restaurant ecosystem
- ONDC
- AI adoption
- Local business relationships
AI-powered experience layer
Global market opportunity and future ambition
- Mature restaurant ecosystem
- Experience-led dining
- Premium celebrations
- Consumer personalization
- Technology ecosystem
Founder story
From transformation to experience.
- Global technology
25+ years of transformation and consulting
- Hospitality
Hands-on restaurant experience
- US experience
Nearly 25 years in the United States
- India
Returned to India
- AI + dining
Founded amealio
- Experience economy
Building the future of dining
Why amealio exists
The problem wasn't food. It was the experience around it.
After years of transforming businesses through technology, Shaker saw the same opportunity in dining: technology had made ordering easier, but had not made dining more personal.
Restaurants had more channels but limited customer intelligence.
Consumers had more choices but more decision fatigue.
Celebrations had more options but still required too much coordination.
amealio was created to connect those pieces.
AI should understand the moment, not just the transaction.
What we are building
More than an app. We're building an AI-powered experience layer for dining.
AI personalization
- Taste
- Dietary preferences
- Budget
- Location
- Companions
- Occasion
Restaurant intelligence
- Restaurants
- Menus
- Dishes
- Visual content
- Guest behavior
Social dining & celebrations
- Birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Date nights
- Family
- Friends
- Festivals
Experience + commerce
- Discovery
- Reservations
- Ordering
- ONDC
- Delivery
Restaurant growth
- AI campaigns
- CRM
- Analytics
- Upselling
- Guest intelligence
amealio AI
Complementary strengths
Different strengths. One ambition.
Founder & CEO
Technology • AI • Product • Strategy
Co-Founder
Building amealio alongside the founding team.
amealio
Connecting people, restaurants and experiences through AI.
The team
Builders behind amealio
A multidisciplinary team of engineers, AI builders, operators, quality specialists and product thinkers turning the vision into reality.
Product & engineering
Gaurav Shinde
Front-End Lead
Interfaces and experience
AI & intelligence
Tanushka Kundurkar
AI Developer
Personalization models
Rechal Bommanaveni
AI Developer
Restaurant intelligence
Quality & operations
Suraj Gaddala
Quality & Testing
Release quality
AI + human
More human. Powered by AI.
We don't believe AI should replace human connection. We believe AI should remove the friction around it.
- Discovery
- Personalization
- Research
- Recommendations
- Automation
- Insights
- Connection
- Celebration
- Joy
- Surprise
- Memory
How we work
How we build
Human first
Technology should strengthen human connection.
AI first
AI should multiply what our people can accomplish.
Customer obsessed
Start with the moment the customer is trying to create.
Merchant success
Restaurants are partners, not inventory.
Build. Learn. Improve.
Move fast, measure honestly and continuously improve.
Culture
We build together.
We're building from Pune with a global ambition - bringing together people who care about technology, AI, restaurants, design, operations and the human experiences that happen around the table.
- Build
- Collaborate
- Experiment
- Learn
- Celebrate
Origin
Built in India. Designed for the world.
India gives amealio an extraordinary starting point: one of the world's most diverse food cultures, deeply social dining traditions, millions of restaurants and celebrations woven into everyday life. We're building from that foundation with a global ambition.
Careers
Build the future of dining with us.
We're working at the intersection of AI, food, technology, commerce and human connection. If you want to build products that help people discover, connect, celebrate and create memories, come build with us.
We're building technology people can feel.
Better discovery. More personal dining. More meaningful celebrations. Stronger restaurants.